Hi all-- Thanks to Owen McMurtrey for posting the Black-backed Woodpecker sighting from the Carleton Arboretum yesterday and thanks to Gene Bauer for drawing my attention to Owen's post (I get my MN-bird posts by digest).
Erika and I went out and saw the bird this morning at 9:30 AM (3 November 2008). We walked into the arboretum from the northeast edge along the major trail that leads into the woods. Ten to 15 feet after passing a sign welcoming us into the arboretum, we IMMEDIATELY found the woodpecker feeding low about 10 to 15 feet above the ground right next to the path. I took several photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/danerika/Woodpeckers#5264528624650579138 http://picasaweb.google.com/danerika/Woodpeckers#5264528626859100562 http://picasaweb.google.com/danerika/Woodpeckers#5264528630776490002 Erika and I did not flush the bird and we walked further into the arboretum. We did not see the bird when we left about 40 minutes later (although we did not search for it beyond looking at the tree where we originally found it.) Owen--Welcome to Minnesota! I think the Arboretum location is actually in Dakota Co., you might check. You may also be interested (and other listserv members are welcome to join) our Rice Co. listserv (simply contact ricebird-subscribe at yahoogroups.com with no subject or message.) I am not sure if you posted your original sighting to the MN listserv ( http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbird ). I am not sure why there are two listservs in Minnesota, but I have learned that you can't fight it. Different folks apparently belong to these listservs. dan and erika -- Dan or Erika Tallman Northfield, Minnesota http://danerika.googlepages.com/home http://picasaweb.google.com/danerika danerika at gmail.com ".... the best shod travel with wet feet" "Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes ...."--Thoreau -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20081103/e9dc31c9/attachment.html
